Press quotes

  • Outside Europe
    BBC Newsnight, 12 December 2012

    Jeremy Paxman talks to Mayor of London Boris Johnson, Sir Andrew Cahn, Sir Martin Sorrell, Katinka Barysch and other guests on  how might Britain fare if it left the European Union?

  • L’eurozona accepta la ‘cotilla alemanya’ sense estímuls per créixer
    La Vanguardia, 11 December 2012

    "L’austeritat fiscal per si sola no resoldrà la crisi", opina en canvi Simon Tilford, economista en cap de Center for European Reform, un think-tank europeista amb seu a Londres. Tilford insisteix en el fracàs d’aquesta estratègia a Grècia i Portugal i ressalta que "erosiona la confiança dels inversors".

  • Tiden er løbet fra gruppen af ikke-eurolande
    Information, 10 December 2012

    Philip Whyte, senioranalytiker i tænketanken Centre for European Reform i London, er enig. "Den idé viste sig at være komplet fantasi, "siger han til Information. I stedet består udegruppen nu af tre grupperinger.

  • Cameron starts work on EU declaration
    Financial Times, 09 December 2012

    Charles Grant, director of the CER, sets out in a new article what is at stake: "British withdrawal requires two conditions to be satisfied. First, the government of the day must call a referendum on whether to leave the EU; second a majority of voters must want to quit.

  • Domanda interna vuol dire lavoro
    Il sole 24 Ore, 09 December 2012

    Ora io non nego che si tratti di aspetti rilevanti, figuriamoci. Ma mi hanno molto impressionato l'analisi e quindi la strada prospettata da un economista come Simon Tilford, noto ai lettori del Financial Times e de Il Sole 24 Ore ed ora al CER dopo essere stato all'Economist Intelligence Unit.

  • Eurozone jobless figures hit record high
    ABC News, 01 December 2012

    Katinka Barysch of the CER says there is no one-size-fits-all-solution to the jobs crisis. "Unemployment among young people has always been higher than general joblessness but the economic crisis has widened the gap further," she said. "Many measures will not bite until growth returns."

  • Hollande Mittal push risks hurting economy by spooking investors
    Bloomberg, 30 November 2012

    "The French do have a habit of shooting themselves in the foot in terms of international public relations," said Philip Whyte of the CER in London. "This is the sort of incident that does their reputation no good."

  • Pressure on David Cameron over Britain's future in EU
    South China Morning Post, 28 November 2012

    "When people think about Europe, they think in a lot less parochial way than probably 25 years ago," said Philip Whyte of the CER. "The paradox is that the growth of that feeling has coincided with a growth of hostility to the Brussels institutions."

  • Court rules Europe rescue fund within law
    Financial Times, 27 November 2012

    "The ruling is critically important because it is the first time the European Court of Justice has intervened in the eurozone crisis," said Hugo Brady from the CER. "The court has clarified that eurozone creations such as the ESM and other bailout funds are not an EU fiscal system by the backdoor."

  • Germany and the EU
    BBC Radio 4, 26 November 2012

    Andrew Marr looks at Germany's role in Europe. Katinka Barysch argues that despite the crisis, support for EU integration still dominates, and that unlike Britain, the ability to compromise is seen as a skill, not a weakness.